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TEMPORARY BINDER. No. 369,207; Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

N. PETERS. PlwQo-LRMM. Wuhillginn, D. C.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. READY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,207, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed February 17, 1887. Serial No.221920. (No modeld To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. READY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto that class of binders or fastening devices which are employed for temporarily binding papers, pamphlets, and the like, and has for its object the production of an improved, cheap, simple, and durable binding device, not liable to get out of order and always ready for use.

The invention consists in. the combination, with book-covers of the requisite size and provided with narrow flaps or studs at their inner margins, of a perforated and grooved bar or bars attached to one of said stubs and provided with a sliding clasp, and a fasteningattached to the opposite stub or flap and adapted to be engaged with the perforated bar and sliding clasp after the said fastening has been passed through the papers or pamphlets that are placed between the stubs or flaps.

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of parts in a temporary binder, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings,illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved temporary binder, showing the covers open andone corner of the interposed papers broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective detail showing the covers and stubs 35 partly broken away, and with the papers removed and the fastening in the act of passing through the perforated bar and connected stub. Fig. 3 is a plan of the grooved perforated bar and sliding clasp. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of a portion of one cover, its stub or flap, a stiffening-strip inclosed in said flap, and the perforated bar and its sliding clasp attached to said stub.

In the construction shown the letters A B designate the covers, which may be of any suitable or convenient size, and a and b are their respective stubs 0r 'flaps.- These stubs or flaps are attached, as usual,to the inner margins of the covers, and are preferably composed of a double thickness of some flexible material, with astiffening-stri p, b, inclosed be tween the folds of said material, as shown in Fig. 4.

The stub or flap a is provided at suitable intervals with perforations c for attachment of fastening-cords 0, having knots c c at their ends by which they are secured to the stub. Each fastening-cord O carries a needle, D, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

To the outer side of the stub or flap 2), at a suitable point or points, is secured a grooved and perforated bar, E, by means of shanks d at each end. These shanks d d, Fig. 3, are engaged in small slits or openings made in the stub, and are clinched on the inner side of the stub, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby holding the bar E firmly.

The bar E is formed with a longitudinal groove, 0, and in this groove is a perforation, f, coinciding with a similar perforation in the stub or flap 6, for the passage, as shown in Fig. 2, of the fastening-cord and needle attached to the opposite stub. These grooved bars E are formed with raised flanges on each side, as shown in Fig. 4, and thereby form guideways for sliding clasps F, that secure the fastenings C after they have been passed through the papers. After the fastening has been passed through the perforation f, as shown in Fig. l,and drawn in line with the groove e,

the sliding clasp F should be moved along the bar E until it covers or passes the perforation f, thereby pressing on the fastening-cord and holding it firmly.

By means of the needle attached to the cordfastening O the papers or pamphlets placed between the stubs ab can be conveniently punctured for passage of the fastening-cord, and after the binder is filled the needles can be either cutoff from the cords or they can be placed in the grooves 6, with their points pressed between the cords O and beneath the sliding clasps F, in wedging contact therewith, as shown in Fig. 1, and thereby prevent any liability of slipping. By this manner of wedging the needle-point beneath the clasp the needle is so disposed as to avoid any injury from incautious handling, and it is besides always ready for use. It is obvious that wires can be substituted for the cords O, and

thus enable the needles D to be dispensed with;

but I prefer to employ the cords and needles described.

1am awareth at flatmetal fasteningshave been 5 passed through the stubs of a temporary binder and secured bysheaths pressed over their points or free ends; but this I do not claim. By my invention the sliding clasp F is pushed over the cord or wire at the bend, or where it passes through the perforation f, and not at the point or end of said wire or cord, as in other devices of this class. This enables me to employ sev eral fasteners arranged in series in a small space without interfering with each other, which is a great advantage in binding soft or tissue papers or papers of different sizes,whieh require fasteners at short intervals to keep them in compact form.

Having thus described my invention, what 20 I claim is-- 1. In a temporary binder, the combination, with covers provided with stubs a, b, of a perforated and grooved bar secured to one of said stubs, a clasp sliding on said bar, and a fastening attached to the opposite stub and adapted 25 to be engaged with the perforated grooved bar and sliding clasp, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the covers A B, having stubs a b,the cords G,provided with needles D, the bar E, having groove e and perforation 0 f, and the sliding clasp F, substantially as'described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. READY.

\Vitnesses:

WM. H. LUSK, WM. H. JOHNSON. 

